Challenging the City Scale: Human Cities final publication

The book Challenging the City Scale: Journeys in People-Centred Design, published by Birkhäuser Verlag, is the final result of the Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale 2014-2018 European project, where 12 partners from 11 European cities have developed strategies and tools to activate public spaces through bottom-up initiatives. Edited by…

Human Cities Challeng the City Scale 2014-2018 Investigation

Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale 2014-2018 / Investigation, published by Cité du design Saint-Étienne, is the result of the collaborative research work made from the case studies collected by the European partners participating in the project, including Aalto University representing Helsinki. The publication includes an article by some members…

Exit School of Architecture exhibition catalogue

The exhibition “Exit School of Architecture” was held in September 12-29, 2017 in the Dipoli building on the Otaniemi campus, within Human Cities Helsinki 2017, the group of activities held at Aalto University last September as part of the European project Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale 2014-2018. The Exit…

Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale / Bilbao 2017

This week I will participate in the event Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale / Bilbao 2017 on behalf of Aalto University-Helsinki team and together with my colleagues at Group X.The group of events consists of exhibitions, seminars and workshops in different locations including the Azkuna Zentroa (former Alhóndiga Bilbao)….

Sharing playfulness – Human Cities Helsinki 2017

Find in the next link the summary of the past Human Cities Helsinki 2017 group of events held in September: Sharing Playfulness – Human Cities Helsinki 2017. Other stories of the cities involved in the project can be found filtering by category or city here.

Human Cities Helsinki 2017 exhibition and workshop

In September 2017 Group X representing Aalto University, Helsinki partner in the Human Cities network, welcomes the other partners from ten European cities to a unique international creative event “Human Cities_Challenging the City Scale/Helsinki 2017” featuring an exhibition and a collaborative workshop as part of Helsinki Desing Week 2017….

Human Cities / Ljubljana 2017 Public Spaces for Local Life

This week I will participate in the event Human Cities / Ljubljana “Public Spaces for Local Life” on behalf of Aalto University-Helsinki team and together with my colleagues at Group X, in order to explore the shared values in diversified urban communities as a foundation for participatory provision of…

Final review Superimposed Verticality studio course

Next Tuesday May 16th at 15:00 we will have the final review of the studio course at Master’s level Superimposed Verticality – Studio Hong Kong at Aalto University Department of Architecture (Architecture workshop, Paja building, Metallimiehenkuja 4). The Final Review for the course Superimposed Verticality – Studio Hong Kong…

Superimposed Verticality studio course presentation

The studio course on Housing Design and Diversifying Forms of Living titled Superimposed Verticality will be presented tomorrow Wednesday 11th at 14:15 in Paja building in Otaniemi. The course is organized by Group X in collaboration with the Housing Design chair (Prof. Hannu Huttunen) at Aalto University Department of…

Laine on Aalto

“Laine on Aalto. An Experimental School on a University Campus” is my last contribution to the Human Cities stories. The experimental school “Laine” opened on Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus, and its ideation from the School as a Service (SaaS) concept, is one of the experimentation events proposed by the…